Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-27


the Seeding knighss.
chicaeos pscial to the New York World.
The Powderly faction among the Knights of
Labor are good deal concerned over the circular
from the opposition published this morning It
was great surprise to most OF them The leaders,
one and all, declare that the real animus Of the
kicksrs Is sympathy with anarchy. The failura
TO get the general assembly to pass any resolution
announcing the conviction OF the seven condemned
men here Il, they say, ct the bottom OF the whole
matter. One of the Powderly leaders who Is q
member Of the legislature and q knight of long
standing said: IAN Of the kickers are anarchists"
There 10 not one who signed the circular who was
not hand ana glove with Spies and Parsons. All
their hatred for Powderly comes from the fact that
he win not countenance anarchists IN the order.
until the anarchist question 10 settled, and the
sympathizers with bomb hrowfng are expelled"
and Jas. Mccarthy, ali Powderiy leaderswere also
interviewed They denounced most OF the state.
ments IN the circular as downright falsehoods For
instance, instead OF the administration working
against trades unions, as It was charged Mr. pow
dairy was strongly In favor Of unions and had
Instead Of persons not Knights OF LABOR being
son. q .,shosrapher, was ever employed there Who
was not knight, and be soon became one. In
iessly refused 70 members q the order, Only two
seib and scnilling, the organizers of the revolt.
The reason was that the order could not afford to
have the e men go ng about organizing anarchist
ciQos under the name OF the X. OF l.
In regard TO the charge that district and loca
assemblies had been suspended and expelled bel
said; "When they had been treated so. it was
solely because OF their INSTRUMENTATION regect to
pay dues, and che like. District No. l26, OF New
lolk, OF which the notorious Morrison IL the repre-
sentative, is what they are getting at. District
126 Is away beuind In It's Dues and was Justly sus-
rnSin 10, It's conduct they say the order Is
DOom 10 the order. and lots OF men taken In who
were useless TO the order. Thrse men are being
weakened it Is being saren sas Ded %hey
eau the general ofnce at Philadelphia a
pal; costing $4,000: The fact Is That !.
at any time at pront Of from $4,000 to $4,000
on the Investment The whole thing amounts TO
nothing. The provisional committee OF fve con-
stltuted the whole meeting. see that IL is claimed
that Frank Foster, OF ID. A No. 30 OF Boston, and
George 4. Mcneil signed the circular think that
West at all, and Foster left and went home the
week before adjournment. That eliminates about
the only element OF respectabiity from the alleged
All OF the Powderly men declared that anarchy
was at the bottom OF the secession movement.
which sympathizes with the new movement. 1t
will meet "Wednesday and probably Withdraw
bodily from the order. There used 70 be 200 MEM
Ders In ,3O7, but there are only 100 left now.
DENY THAT IT Is AN ANARCHIST IDEA
The New York Sun to-day says: Speaking of the
revolt against the general executive board OF the
Knights Of Labor John Morrison, the carpet
worker OF district assembly l26, said yesterday:
1.-THE friends OF the administration OF the knights
and the administration itself have raised tine cry
that the rebels are only those who are in SYM
Pathy with the anarchists The shoe Is on the
foot and IL pincheS There Is no more 10y al as
Sembly 10 POwderly and his way Of doing things
than d1 trtct assembly 40 1t was 40 that
offered the resolution extending sympathy to the
anarchists and II was in answer to them that
POwderly came out the way he did in the general
assembly In Pronunciation OF the anarchists. IL Is
In bad taste for the general executive board to
squeal In this way. IL mas been said that c. r.
Leib, who Is the only representative OF the pro-
yfst0nal committee known 10 outsiders Is an an
archist. This Is not so. He Is opposed TO the an
archistA"
George p. Murray, a delegate Of District Assem-
bly, "a, Knights OF Labor. says: ut was supposed
that the general executive BOARD would raise cry
reason, and to keep anarchy OF our discussions,
1t was settled 10 keep out Joseph Labadie and Geo.
+. Schilling, the peaceful socialist OF Chicago"
Just Like the American Small BOY.
From the New York World, October %.
John 0'Brten, aged fifteen years, a sickly boy.
who had good home In Gravesend, England, read
q great deal about Buffalo Bits Wild West show
when It was In London, and decided to come to
America to become a cowboy and Stay Indians.
One night during the latter part OF September he
babe farewell TO his home and went TO London
He had no money, but scurried about the docks md
secured a berth on the National line steamship
OF the captain and officers of the ship. and they
kind him harnshtDs